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Provedor de dados: | Agricultural Engineering International : The CIGR e-journal
País: | China
Título: | A critical review of selected appropriate traditional evaporative cooling as postharvest technologies in Eastern Africa
Autores: | Wanyama, Joshua.
Data: | 2015-12-29
Ano: | 2015
Palavras-chave: | Agricultural and Bio-systems Engineering Perishables; Technologies; Technology use; Shelf life; Storage  food processing.
Resumo: | The issue of postharvest losses (PHL) is of high importance in the efforts to combat hunger, raise income and improve food security in the world’s poorest countries. PHL of horticultural products in developing countries sometimes may reach up to 45%. PHL have an impact on food security for poor people, food quality and safety, economic development and the environment. The exact causes of PHL vary throughout the world and are very much dependent on the specific conditions and local situation in a given country. Irrespective of the level of economic development and maturity of systems in a country, PHL should be kept to a minimum. PHL of horticultural products in developing countries sometimes may reach up to 45%. The failure to harness the physical and chemical characteristics of horticultural products using technologies has been very costly to farmers, processors and marketers in many parts of the world. A number of researchers and undocumented indigenous African Knowledge custodians in rural areas have innovated and constructed different technologies using locally available materials for the purpose of extending the shelf life of horticultural produce like vegetables. This review article seeks to critically examine some of the selected agricultural technologies and equipment used in African rural settings with view of assessing why they fail.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.cigrjournal.org/index.php/Ejounral/article/view/3357
Editor: | International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Relação: | http://www.cigrjournal.org/index.php/Ejounral/article/view/3357/2264
Formato: | application/pdf

Fonte:

Agricultural Engineering International: CIGR Journal; Vol 17, No 4 (2015): CIGR Journal; 327-336

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Fonte: | Copyright (c) 2015 Agricultural Engineering International: CIGR Journal